Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023? Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days). We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4 day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees. As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities. If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company then please read on. Who we are: Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands. We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities. About the Department: Providing high-quality homes is vitally important to us to help alleviate the shortage of affordable housing.In addition to managing and maintaining our existing homes, we have an ambitious but achievable aim and are delivering 4,000 new homes across our regions by March 2026 with a commitment and financial capacity available to maintain a substantial development programme in conjunction with the soon to be launched Homes England Social & Affordable Housing Programme.We deliver outstanding new homes for sale and rent and form innovative partnerships with a range of developers and forward-thinking local authorities to build and create communities. As a highly-motivated individual you will be part of a dedicated and busy development team based in Leigh, which consists of an Operations Director, two Assistant Directors who lead on growth and programme delivery, two Land Managers and three teams of which you will be a key part, consisting of a Development Manager, Project Manager and Assistant Project Manager/s. In addition, we have five Clerk of Works who are based on site checking the quality of the new homes we build and provide technical support and a Development Assistant and Defects Co-ordinator to support the team. Our in-house sales team, Snugg Homes market and sell our homes for sale.The team are committed; work together to make a difference; provide great service to our customers and colleagues and use their skills and training to rise to the challenges that development offers. Role Information: As Development Manager you are responsible for leading a small team with designated local authority areas in the delivery of the Group’s S106 and grant funded projects from inception to completion: ensuring they are delivered in full compliance with Homes England funding requirements and Jigsaw’s business planning targets. You will be an effective networker and represent the Group with a variety of third parties from across the sector to support the delivery of the development strategy. Where new opportunities are identified, you will appraise and progress these at pre-contract stage and ensure that all internal and external customers are fully informed in the process. You will retain a focus on Group policies, procedures and organisational requirements and ensure we deliver new homes in line with these. You will be an important and valued member of the Development Team and play a key role in maintaining the culture, standards and performance of the team as a whole. If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.